Cops

Year: 2018
Country: Austria
Director: Stefan A. Lukacs
Cast: Laurence Rupp, Anton Noori, Maria Hofstätter
Genre: drama
Runtime: 92 min.
Age: 18+
Chris trains with a special police unit, a daily life of action, and peer pressure. When he shoots a man during an operation, allegedly in self-defense, his colleagues celebrate him as a hero, but the outside world reacts with criticism.

Awards & Festivals:

Austrian Film Award – Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Editing
Braunschweig International Film Festival – Best Newcomer
Cinedays Skopje Film Festival – Blue Star (Best Screenplay)
Diagonale Austrian Film Festival – Audience Award, Diagonale Award (Schauspielpreis)
Festival Univerciné Allemand – Jury Prize, Audience Prize
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis – Audience Award, Max Ophüls Award (Gesellschaftlich Relevanter Preis, Best New Actress – Supporting Role)
FIPA – FIPA d'Or (Best Film, Drama)